San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-05-21
EDITORIAL BREVITIES

POSING in fancy positions, for photo
graphs, by New York high school girls,
Is the latest fad, and the expose is stir
ring Gotham up nightly.
THE Houston Post disclaims all petty
feeling Of envy or rivalry in the case Of
the Waco Examiner and then writes Ex-
aminer with q small Sc"
The impression gains strength that
the Mcneil railway robbers we're rail-
road men who were well posted on all
matters concerning the train.
Fort WORTH will hump herself to
make an all-steel-rail impression on the
Press association which meets there next
week.
The Sans have it. San Angelo comes
in as the second largest wool market In
Texas. San Antonio is first. Which will
start the first wool exchange?
The Austin Dispatch turns it's face to
the wall and comes out now as some
thing else, with Nose Harris as chief
Ink singer.
WACO has got far enough along to
invite proposals for her new merchants
exchange building; proposals TO be ac-
cepted on site.
at Newport, by falling down stairs,
breaking her arm and badly bruising
her whole body. She has cancelled all
surgeon.
CARLISLE as presidential possibility for
1888, is making the long faces OF the
Cleveland democracy terribly elongated
these days. They will stretch out longer
than democrat campaign lie before
1883.
BASE BALL Is ripe, but there appears to
be a great deal Of blasted fruit on the
tree and much Of 1t is dropping to the
ground before maturity. The Boston
east wind seems deadly TO the western
crop.
The Houston Post Is anxious to know
what Blaine is billed at Bar HsrbOr for?
Blaine lie billed at that harbOr to bar all
future designs OF the democracy upon
the government they could not shoot to
death.
O'BRIEN in crossing the ocean and ar
raigning Landsdowne In his own domln-
Ions has demonstrated as nothing else
and could MS faith in the power OF pub
lie opinion to compel England to do JUS
tlce to Ireland.
The Galveston News-"San Antonio
is hard to please. The ,drOuth was OBJ
jurgated and now the Express says, Oh,
COnfound the mud!'' This is one OF the
little mistakes of the News. The Ex-
press Ia not San Antonio.
The Southern Presbyterian church is
holding general assembly in st. Louis
and will wrestle with the evolution
heresy matter bequesthed to 1t as a leg
acy by the synod of North Carolina.
The old north state is alive.
WACO has home company rustlIng
round to put in an incandescent light
plant; Heisler's patent. Waco should
ter August 4th, on Crantill's account 1t
would damage him.
In a long dry spell the upper Michi-
gan Peninsula is very easily transferred
into little sheol of its own. The fires
are burning tieroely now, and the smoke
Of the torment Of the inhabitants is seen
afar Off
The car seems determined to main
tain the peace with Europe. Does this
mean that he Is getting ready to settle
the Afghan boundary question in his
own way, and wants a clear field to belt
England out OF the ring in western
Asia?
PUT it down as q fact. Henry George
will be on hand with a labor candidate
for president in 1888; St. John will
bring up the rear with a prohibition
candidate; the mugwumps will compel
the democrats to run Cleveland, and re-
publicans will survey the situation and
trOt out candidate who will walk of
with the hOnors. The country goes re-
publican in 1888.
The union sentiments expressed by
JEFF Davis, at Meridian, have been wide
ly quoted and very favorsbly comment
ed upon all over the north. II only re-
quires a few words OF union sentiment
TO arouse the whole generous north and
make them forget the reasonable utter
ances OF long years, and yet the north ia
charged with desiring the perpetuation
OF hate and bitterness. There is no truth
In that charge. Don't bloody the shirt
at the south, and the north will never
think of wavingi it.